Flashback - "Priorities and their Risks"

You know, what you value as a person is fine and all that, but a lot of the things "we" value were chosen by society - our environment - and we're just imitating the majority. If there's something that excessively irritates me it's when  stupid assumptions are made because of this.

Let's think of a few things that are generally valuable in a person, and worth talking about. The friends they make, their health, what they've planned for their future and happiness... those are some pretty critical parts of a person's life. So why is it that we judge people by decidedly different things?

To this day, there are those individuals out there that are delusional enough to judge people based on their gender and race. Thank God this problem isn't nearly as extensive as it used to be in many areas, but it shows how blind people can be to the things that really matter. Whether they're dark or light of skin, and whether they're a man or a woman - does that make a difference when you look into a person's eyes? When they speak of you about their hopes and fears, their past and future... how could you ever judge this person based on something unimportant and unrelated?

Nowadays, though, people still value gender a little too much. A lot of behavior and ideas are beaten into children at birth, which is why many individuals of both genders behave like the literal incarnations of stereotypes. Here's a fact for you - mentally, men and women are the same. None of the choices they make are out of their hands because they are one or the other.

Another thing that is overvalued to an enormous degree is sexuality. I have a rule when it comes to looking at others - if you want to be looked at as a normal person, act like a normal person. I couldn't care less if someone is homosexual or bisexual - do I honestly need to know that? And if it pops up in some conversation, that's just fine, but some people act like sexuality is a great part of who they are. And it definitely isn't. The worst thing about it is that some people, for example certain homosexual individuals, seem to think of it as rather important themselves. If only people would understand just how petty the value of sexuality, or for that matter, gender and race is we'd see so much less prejudice and so many more opportunities for those belonging to smaller groups.